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Exodus 12:40

“Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מוֹשָׁבmôwshâb · mo-shawb'
H4186 · Hebrew

Definition: a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
Derivation: or מֹשָׁב; from H3427 (יָשַׁב);
KJV renderings: assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
מוֹשַׁב֙ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HC/Ncmsc
Usage: Occurs 44 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 10:30 Genesis 27:39 Genesis 36:43 Exodus 10:23 Exodus 12:20

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מוֹשָׁב here.

Verse 39 Verse 41

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.